Vodafone B970 User Manual

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Vodafone B970

3G Router from Vodafone

User Guide

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Address:

6 Administration Building, Huawei Technologies

Co., Ltd., Bantian, Longgang Dist rict, Shenzhen, P. R. China

Postal Code: 51812

Website:

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Read the safety precautions carefully to ensu re the correct and safe use of your wireless device. For detailed information, see "Warnings and Precautions."

Do not switch on your device when the d

evice use is prohibited or when the device

use may cause interference or danger. Do not use your device while driving.

Follow the rules or regulations in hospitals and hea

lth care facilities. Switch off your

device near medical apparatus. Switch off your device in an air c r a ft. Th e

device may

cause interference to control

signals of the aircraft. Switch off your device near high - p r ec is i on

elect

ronic devices. The device may affect

the performance of these devices. Do not attempt to disassemble your device

r its accessories. Only qualified personnel

are allowed to service or repair the device.

Do not place your device or its accessori es in containers with strong electromagnetic field.

Do not place magnetic storage media near your device.

Radiation from the device may

erase the information stored on them. Do not put your device in a high-

mperature place or use it in a place with

flammable gas such as a gas station. Keep your device and it s acc essori es away

om children. Do not allow children to use

your device without guidance. Use approved accessories only to avoid

explosio

Observe the laws or regulations on device use.

Respect others’ privacy and legal

rights when using your device.

Safety Precautions

Table of Contents 1 Using the Management Page 1

Logging In to the Management Page........ 1

Management Page Overview.....................1

Viewing Configuration Info .........................2

Optimized Settings ............................. ........2

Quick Setup................................................2

Accessing the Internet................................4

Configuring Your Computer 6

Wireless Configuration...............................6

Configuring the PC Network.......................7

Advanced Settings 8

Overview ....................................................8

System Management .................................8

SIM Settings............... ..............................10

Mobile Network Setting s...........................11

Dial-up Settings........................................12

DHCP Settings ........................................

WLAN Settings.........................................14

Dynamic DNS Settings . .. ... .. ... ................. 17

Static Route Settings.. ..............................18

Security Settings (Optional) 19

Firewall Switch .........................................19

LAN MAC Filter ........................................19

LAN IP Filter.............................................19

Virtual Server............................................20

DMZ Settings. ... .. ... .. .................................21

UPnP Settings................... .......................21

Remote Management ..............................21

Troubleshooting 23 Abbreviations 25

Table of Contents

1Using the Management Page

Logging In to the Management Page

1 St art the Internet browser and enter the address

http://192.168.1.1 in the address bar.

2 Enter the password, and then click Login.The

default password is admin.

Note

To avoid the configuration conflict, only one user is

allowed to log in to the management

page at a time.

Management Page Overview

Operation Functions

The following table shows the main operati ons in the management page.

Device Status

The following table shows the status info rmation of the device.

Item Description

Basic Status Displays the parameter configuration

stat

us of the device.

Optimize

Improves wlan's speed of transmission an

d increases the upload speed of

nternet Explorer if its version is lower

than IE 6.0.

Quick Setup Quickly configures the device. Connection Displays the network connection status

d connects to the network.

Advanced Se

ttings

Configures the advanced settings.

Security Configures the security settings. Logout

Log out of the management page.

Item Green icon Red icon

SIM The card is valid.

The card is not inserted or is

invalid.

WAN The PPP dial-up

nnection is

established.

The PPP dial-up connection is not established.

Item Description

Viewing Configuration Info

On the configuration page, you can view the current parameter configuration information and the network connection status.

1 Click Basic Status.

2 Click Advanced on the right part of the page to

view the advanced status

3 Click Refresh to view the current statu s on the

advanced status page

Optimized Settings

In this page you can download a execut able pro gram which will modify some parameters in system. These parameters will improve wlan's speed of transmission and increase the upload speed of Internet Explorer if its version is lower than IE 6.0.

Note

The executable program just needs to run once on ea

ch computer and the parameters will take

effect after your system is rebooted.

1 Click Optimize.

2 Click Optimize download a executable program .

Quick Setup

You can use the quick setup wizard to configure and maintain the basic parameters of the device. Click

Quick Setup to access the welcome page. Click Next to configure the PPP profile settings.

WCDMA The WCDMA

twork is

available.

The WCDMA network is unavailable.

Note

If the device is registered with othe

r network modes, the corresponding net work c onnecti on status is displayed.

SIG

The signal strength from weak to strong is shown as follows:

Item Green icon Red icon

Quick Setup

Using the Management Page

Configuring PPP Profile Settings

• Profile Name: Enter a profile name when the text box is empty.

• Dial-up Number/P

PP User Name/PPP Password: Enter these three parameters provided by the internet service provider (ISP). The dial-up number is used to initiate the network call; the PPP user name and PPP password is used to obtain the service authorization provided by the ISP.

• APN/IP Address: Select the mod

e for obtaining the access point name (APN) and IP address. If the service provider provides the releva nt parame ters, select Static and enter their values. Otherwise, select Dynamic and the device automatically obtains them.

Configuring PPP Dial-up Settings

PPP Connection: Select the dial-up access mode.

• Auto: The device automatically connects to the Internet and does not disconnect when no data is transmitted.

• On Demand: The device automa

tically connects to the Internet when data transmission exists. When the duration of no data transmission exceeds the maximum idle time, the device disconnects the Internet connection.

• Manual: The d

evice connects to the Internet after you click Connect on the connection page. For details, see "

Accessing the Internet".

PPP Authentication: This service is provided by your ISP. For details, consult your ISP.

Configuring WLAN Settings

(Name) SSID: Enter a name for your wireless local

area network (WLAN).

• The service set identifier (SSID) is used to identify a WLAN. A PC and the wireless device can perform normal data communication only when they have the same SSIDs. To ensure the WLAN security, do not use the default SSID. You can enter a character string as the SSID, such as MyHome.

SSID Broadcast: Enable or disable the SSID broadcast.

• Enabled: The device broadcasts the SSID of the WLAN and users can easily access the WLAN. In this case, unauthorized users can also access the WLAN because the SSID is broadcasted.

• Di

sabled: The device does not broadcast the SSID of the WLAN. Before accessing the WLAN, a user must obtain the SSID of the WLAN. In this case, the WLAN security is improved.

Note

For the convenience of users accessing the WL

AN, you can select Enabled for SSID

Broadcast when you configure the WLAN

Accessing the Internet

setting. After the setting, you can select

Disabled to improve the WLAN security.

Configuring WLAN Encryption

To access the WLAN, you must set the wireless security key on your PC to be the same as that of the wireless device.

No Encryption

• For the convenience of users acces sing the W LAN, you can select NO ENCRYPTION for the Encryption mode when you set up a WLAN. It is not recommended to select this option in daily use.

WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK

• WPA-PSK: It is a 256-bit data encryption method that can automatically change the key.

• WP

A2-PSK: It is a more secure version of WPA-PSK

and it supports the IEEE 802.11 standard.

• WP

A Encryption Algorithm: TKIP, AES, TKIP+AES.

• WP

A Pre-Shared Key: You can enter a 64-character hexadecimal value or 8-63-character ASCII value as the k

ey. The ASCII value contains all characters that can be entered through the PC keyboard, and the hexadecimal value contains numbers of 0-9 and chara

cters of A-F. For example, you can enter the

ASCII

value of 1234abcde as the key.

• Networ

k Key Rotation Interval: It is used to set how

long a network key is dynamically changed. By default,

it is 0. To disable this function, you can set the value to 0 or null.

WEP

• Wireless Equivalent Priva cy (WEP) is a 64-bit or 128 -bit data encryption method. The 128-bit WEP encryption provides higher security level.

• Network ke

y 1: You can enter 5 ASCII characters or 10-character hexadecimal numeral to form a 64-bit key. Y ou can also enter 13 ASCII character s or 26-character hexadecimal numeral to form a 128-bit key.

Validating Quick Setup

The last page of the wizard displays all the settings you have configured.

• To accept the settings, click Finish.

• To change the settings, click Back.

• To quit the settings, click Ca

ncel.

Accessing the Internet

1 Click Connection.

Note

• If you are required to enter the PIN code, en

ter the correct one. If you fail to enter the

Accessing the Internet

Using the Management Page

correct PIN or PUK code, the network-related functions are unavailable.

• The SIM card is supplied by the service provide

r. For details, contact your service

provider.

• When the Save PIN C

ode check box is

selected, the Auto validation is enabled.

• If Aut

o validation is enabled, the PIN code is recorded and automatically validated after each restart.

2 If PPP Connection is Manual, click Connect /

Disconnect to connect to or disconnect from the

network.

Note

If PPP Connection is Auto or On Demand, ref

resh the page to view the

current network connection status.

3 Wait for several minutes. If you are notified that

the connection is successful, you can start the browser and enter the website address to access the Internet.

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